The Palladam police on Wednesday night arrested a 26-year-old man for sexually assaulting and killing a three-year-old boy a few days ago.
Police said the accused M. Ramesh, a barber from Kammalapatti, dumped Naveen’s body in a gunny bag in the Parambikulam Aliyar Canal in Palladam on Sunday afternoon.
Naveen, son of a businessman had gone to the house of Ramesh to play with him. “Suresh sexually assaulted the child, who became unconscious. Then he killed Naveen by hitting a huge stone on his head,” police said.